Books
A running list of books that shaped how I think, build, and work.
System Design Interview Vol. 1
A practical walkthrough of how to approach system design interviews, covering scalability patterns through real-world examples.
System Design Interview Vol. 2
A follow-up collection of advanced system design problems, going deeper into distributed systems and trade-off analysis.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The definitive guide to the principles behind reliable, scalable, and maintainable data systems.
Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
A clear, freely available breakdown of virtualization, concurrency, and persistence at the heart of every OS.
Database Internals
A deep dive into how modern databases store, index, and distribute data under the hood.
Clean Code
A guide to writing readable, maintainable software through discipline, naming, and thoughtful structure.
As a Man Thinketh
A short, timeless essay on how thought shapes character, circumstance, and the direction of a life.
Ignited Minds
A call to unlock India's potential through vision, self-belief, and the courage to dream big.
Animal Farm
A biting allegory of revolution and power, where a farm's animals overthrow their owner only to repeat his mistakes.
White Nights
A lonely dreamer's four-night encounter with a young woman, told with quiet longing and melancholy beauty.
Notes from Underground
A bitter, isolated narrator's confession lays bare the contradictions of free will, spite, and self-awareness.
The Metamorphosis
A man wakes to find himself transformed into an insect, and watches his place in his own family quietly dissolve.
Don't Believe Everything You Think
An argument that most suffering comes not from circumstance but from the thoughts we automatically believe.
Deep Work
A case for cultivating focused, distraction-free work as a rare and increasingly valuable skill.
Principles
A framework for decision-making and life built from the personal and professional principles of a hedge fund founder.
Atomic Habits
A practical system for building good habits and breaking bad ones through small, compounding changes.
Think and Grow Rich
A classic exploration of the mindset and principles Hill found common among history's most successful people.
Attitude is Everything
A short guide to how mindset shapes outcomes, and how shifting attitude can reshape a life's trajectory.
Eat That Frog!
A concise approach to beating procrastination by tackling the hardest, highest-impact task first each day.
Neuro-Discipline
A practical look at how understanding the brain's wiring can help build focus, willpower, and lasting discipline.
Light from Many Lamps
An anthology of wisdom drawn from history's great thinkers, gathered around themes of courage, purpose, and inner strength.